The Colombian Football Federation surprised by announcing a friendly of the Colombia selection against Paraguay in Fort Lauderdale (United States), which will be played a few hours, exactly 15, before the Qatar 2022 World Cup begins. That game will be on November 19 at 8 p.m.
It will be the third game of the era of Nestor Lawrence leading the national team, after his debut in September, with victories against Guatemala (4-1) and Mexico (3-2).
The news is known in the same week that Lorenzo performs his second microcycle with players from the local environment, to whom this time he added some who play in the MLS.
Which team will play against Paraguay in November?
In Barranquilla, the venue where those summoned met, Néstor Lorenzo gave a press conference in which he cleared up doubts about these microcycles and made it clear that everything he is doing is thinking ahead to the South American Qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.
In addition to the game against Paraguay in November, the National Team would face the United States in January 2023 in a new friendly.
“The microcycles were not programmed with the idea of a game, it is more important to have an idea of the knowledge of local soccer players, the level we are at and to follow up, from the performance that serves to improve”, declared Lorenzo.
The DT recognized that the players of the two microcycles will hardly be part of the call for the match against the Paraguayans, because that same weekend there is a date that could be definitive in the semi-final home runs of the League.
“On the payroll we have few rehearsals, or possibilities of putting together the group that is going to play the Qualifiers, it is not a Fifa date and the teams have the power to lend it or not, but steps are being taken. The same happens with the microcycle, which, as dates were rescheduled, we gave the clubs the facility to decide who could come,” Lorenzo explained.
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